Milligan College
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| Motto | Ago Deo Fideo Et Amore "Go with God in Faith and Love" |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1866 |
| Affiliation | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, churches of Christ (a cappella) and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
| Endowment | $23,385,144 (2014) |
| President | Dr. William B. Greer |
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Administrative staff
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94 |
| Students | 1194 |
| Undergraduates | 892 |
| Postgraduates | 211 |
| Location | Milligan College, Tennessee, United States |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Black & Orange |
| Nickname | Buffaloes |
| Website | www.milligan.edu |
Milligan College is a selective Christian liberal arts college founded in 1866 and located in the mountains of Upper East Tennessee and the Tri-Cities region of the state. The school has a student population of more than 1,200 students, most of whom reside and study on its 195-acre (0.79 km2) campus which is located just a few miles from downtown Johnson City. It is consistently ranked as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country and well known for its core humanities program. Milligan was named a "College of Distinction" in 2011. In 2016, the college was named the number two institution of higher education in the state of Tennessee, second only to Vanderbilt University and was ranked one of the best colleges in the nation by the 2017 edition of The Princeton Review
Milligan College is historically related to the Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and the a cappella Churches of Christ, with about 35 percent of the student body coming from these religious groups. While the college maintains close ties with the churches which founded it, the school welcomes students from all backgrounds. The college offers over 30 undergraduate programs of study and four graduate programs. As part of its focus on faith, Milligan strives to develop authentic Christian community, deep Christian spirituality, and a passion for Christian service among its students. The college works to prepare students to join God's work of redemption and reconciliation in the larger world.
The school began as an endeavor of the Rev. Wilson G. Barker, a Disciples of Christ minister, and the Buffalo Creek Christian Church, a congregation of the Disciples of Christ located on Buffalo Creek in Carter County, Tennessee. While it began as a private secondary school known as the Buffalo Male and Female Institute, the institution was elevated to the collegiate level in 1881 with the arrival of the Rev. Dr. Josephus Hopwood and his wife Sarah LaRue Hopwood. Hopwood, a Disciples of Christ minister and educator, came to the school with the understanding that it would become a liberal arts college to train leaders for Disciples of Christ churches and the communities of Appalachia. The name was changed to Milligan College in 1881 in honor of the Professor Robert Milligan, president and professor of Biblical Studies at the College of the Bible, Kentucky University (now Lexington Theological Seminary). Hopwood continued to serve the school as president until 1903 when he left to found Virginia Christian College (now Lynchburg College) in Lynchburg, Virginia. He returned for an interim presidency in 1915–1917.
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